On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:37:46 EST "Daniel S. Barclay" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > In Debian Linux, do files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ get read > or not? Definitely yes. > The Debian FAQ says: > Debian's X11 installation expects you to leave the files in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ unchanged. If you want to customise > X applications globally, put your customizations in > /etc/X11/Xresources. This file is marked as a configuration file, so > its contents will be preserved during upgrades. This just says that the user/admin shouldn't modify these files and that they will be changed without warning when upgrading (contrarily to /etc/X11/Xresources). > (For example, do .../app-defaults/ files apply if there is no corresponding > file in .../Xresources/? If there is such a corresponding file, does > nothing in the .../app-defaults/ apply, or does everything apply except for > things overridden in the file in .../Xresources/? The Xresources file is loaded into the server by the X init scripts with xrdb -merge. You may customize several applications into this file, eg: XTerm*background:red Xload*background: blue The precedence is: 1) resources passed in the command line 2) resources read in the X database (ie the /etc/X11/Xresources file) 3) static application resources in the app-defaults directory. Hope that helps... Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
